What is your name and occupation?
Raquel Alonso-Perez, Curator at Mineralogical and Geological Museum, Harvard University
What is your Instagram handle?
@raque_alonso_perez
How long have you been a Boston Business Women’s Member?
Less than a year
Were you born and raised in Boston? If not, what brought you here?
Life and work.
Tell us more about your job or company and what led you to your career?
I am the Curator of fascinating mineral, gem, and meteorite collections at the Mineralogical and Geological Museum at Harvard University. I am a passionate researcher on gemstones and people!
What would your clients say about you and your company?
That I have a fun job.
What is the best advice you’ve ever received?
Life goes on, and tomorrow will be another day.
What is your favorite book?
Memoirs of a Geisha
What is your secret weapon?
Balancing my life.
What advice would you give to your younger self?
Be patient.
How do you enjoy your free time?
Outdoors, at the gym, with friends, alone — anywhere that brings balance and joy.
What is something that not many people know about you?
I love any sort of sports.